Hargeisa Bombing Suspects Appear In Court
Eleven suspects accused of involvement in Hargeisa suicide bombings in October 2008 appeared in court on Sunday at 7.30am in one of the tightest security in Somaliland legal system.
It is the second time that the eleven suspects, one of whom was a minor aged 17 years, appeared before Hargeisa District Court.
The court hearing, which was set to begin at 8.00am, has been barred from media. It lasted few hours longer than the previous one.
“The prosecution allege that all eleven defendants played a part in the suicide bombing campaign” one of the people who attended the hearing told Somaliland.org.
Simultaneous suicide bombings targeting government buildings and a United Nations compound in the Somaliland capital city of Hargeisa left at least 30 people dead on 29 October last year in what the US official had all the finger prints of Al-Qaeda.
President Dahir Rayale’s personal secretray, Dahir Ali Idd, and several U.N. employees were among the dead after three car bombers attacked U.N. offices, the Ethiopian consulate, where dozens of people were queuing up for visas, and the presidential palace in Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland.
The hearing session will resume next week.
Staff Writer
Somaliland Globe
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